Viola Davis Lands Lead in ABC Pilot How to Get Away With Murder

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Feb 25, 2014 at 12:01 AMFeb 25, 2014 at 4:23 PM

Viola Davis has landed the leading role in ABC's How to Get Away With Murder, TVGuide.com has confirmed.The sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller, from Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers' production company Shondaland, tells the story of a group of ambitious law ...

Viola Davis has landed the leading role in ABC's How to Get Away With Murder, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

The sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller, from Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers' production company Shondaland, tells the story of a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor (Davis) who become entangled in a murder plot that will rock their entire university and change the course of their lives.

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The two-time Academy Award nominee will play Annalise Dewitt, who is described as brilliant, passionate, charmismatic and dangerous.